This is a friendly reminder from the Office of the Dean of Students
regarding Hunter College's policy on using your OneCard while on campus
at Hunter College. These measures are in place for your own safety and
that of the Hunter community.

All members of the college community are responsible for having their Hunter OneCard with them while on campus at all times.

Your Hunter OneCard is non-transferrable and may not be used by any other person, for any reason.

Allowing other persons to use your Hunter OneCard to gain entry on
to Hunter's campus or to use campus facilities is a violation of Hunter
College's policy and may result in that person receiving a summons for
Trespassing.

Improper use of your Hunter ID may also result in your card being deactivated.

Stalking - Physical and Cyber Stalking

Stalking is defined as harassing or threatening
behavior that is engaged in repeatedly. Such harassment can be either physical
stalking or cyber stalking.

Physical Stalking is committed when a person
intentionally and for no legitimate purpose, engages in a course of conduct
directed at a specific person, and knows or reasonably should know that such
conduct is likely to cause fear of material harm to the physical, mental, or
emotional health, safety or property of such person, a member of such person’s
immediate family or a third party with whom he or she is acquainted. This could
include creating reasonable fear that such person’s employment, business or
career is being threatened. This is typically accomplished by following someone
or appearing at their home, school or place of business, making harassing phone
calls, leaving messages or objects, or vandalizing the person’s property.

Cyber Stalking is similar behavior through
the use of the internet or other electronic means to accomplish the same end.
The fact that cyber stalking doesn’t involve physical contact doesn’t mean that
it is less dangerous than physical stalking. An experienced Internet user can
easily find the victim’s personal information such as phone number, address or
place of business to locate their whereabouts. This can then lead to more
physical behavior. Stalking is defined as a crime by the New York State Penal
Law (Section 120.45 – 120.60).

The US Department of Justice estimates that 8% of
women and 2% of men have been stalked at one point in their lives. About one
million women and 400,000 men are stalked each year in the United States. Most
victims know their stalker. Women are significantly more likely to be stalked
by an intimate partner, which is a current or former spouse, a co-habiting
partner, or a date. Only 23% of stalkers identified by females were strangers.
Currently or formerly battered women have the greatest risk of being stalked. Young
adults are the primary targets. 74% of victims are 18-39 years old when the stalking
started. About 87% of the stalkers were men.

There are several signs that are good indicators of
stalking behavior:

Persistent phone calls and/or text messages despite
being told not to contact the victim in any form.

Waiting at or outside the victim’s workplace,
residence or school.

Overt threats.

Manipulative behavior (for example: threatening to
harm themselves in order to get a response to such an “emergency” in the form of contact).

Sending written messages: letters, e-mails,
graffiti, etc.

The persistent sending of gifts.

Defamation: The stalker often lies to others about
the victim.

“Objectification”: The stalker derogates the victim
reducing him/her to an object. This allows the stalker the ability to
feel angry with the victim without experiencing empathy.